After the Broncos-Chargers game Thursday night, nobody likely will have have to ask Peyton Manning about playing in the cold — unless it's to offer up a tongue-in-cheek question about what it was like to not play in the cold this time.

Although the temperature was falling as the sun ceased to shine in Denver, the thermometer was expected to be in the high 30s at the 6:25 p.m. kickoff at Sports Authority Field at Mile High and then dip no lower than the mid-30s by the end of the game.

That's Pro Bowl weather compared to the Broncos' Sunday victory over Tennessee in the same stadium. And tailgating was back in near-full swing at the Broncos' final regular-season home game of the 2013 season, with Denver shooting for its 11th consecutive victory over an AFC West opponent.

Cornerback Champ Bailey, who had been listed as questionable with a foot injury, was among the Broncos' inactives announced a little over an hour before kickoff. He was joined in that official list by Zac Dysert, C.J. Anderson, J.D. Walton, Chris Kuper, Wes Welker and Derek Wolfe.

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